MSC Cruises, the world's largest privately-owned cruise company and leading cruise line in Europe and South America, revealed that its industry-first digital personal assistant will be named Zoe. Zoe is being developed in partnership with voice technology expert HARMAN International.

The two hottest smart home categories, Smart Speakers and Video Entertainment products, are expected to represent 71% of all the smart home revenues in 2018 and will see a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 12.0% from 2018-2022, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC).

Ayla Networks, a global Internet of Things (IoT) platform for manufacturers, has established a partnership with Develco Products, a white-label product development company based in Denmark, aiming to help manufacturers cut costs and ship products to the market faster.

As the trend for IoT is growing with the rising number of connected devices, the demand for IoT gatewayshas also increased significantly and will continue to grow exponentially. Research stated that the global IoT gateway market is set to grow at a rate of 30.9% between 2017 and 2023.

Smart home industry is thriving thanks to the adoption voice assistants such as Amazon Alexa and Siri and decreasing product prices. Two home appliance giants from South Korea, Samsung and LG, have also built up their smart home platforms and applications. However, they plan to tackle the market wit